Prospect Talent Score

Probability of Success

History

2008-09: Durocher scored 7 goals with 20 assists and 16 PIM for Gloucester in the CJHL.

2009-10: Durocher scored 15 goals with 11 assists and was -5 with 26 PIM in 66 games as a rookie with Kingston in the OHL. He scored 2 goals and was +3 with 4 PIM in the Frontenacs seven-game first round playoff series loss to Brampton.

2010-11: Durocher increased his offensive output while playing sound two-way hockey in his second season with Kingston (OHL). In 63 games he scored 14 goals with 23 assists and was -5 with 26 PMs for the Frontenacs. In five OHL playoff games he had 1 assist and was -5 with 2 PMs. Durocher was traded to the Soo Greyhounds in June 2011.

Talent Analysis

Durocher skates well at 6’3, and has the hands and skill to have a shot at the next level, but he needs to add more weight and muscle beyond his listed 183 pounds before he can be considered for the NHL. He has improved his offensive skill set somewhat, though he is still a project at this point.

Future

Durocher will play in the OHL this season, and probably the next. He is a player that projects as a bottom-line role player, but is still a few years away from contributing at the NHL level.

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Some teams can score goals. A few here and there, some timely ones will
help. Oh, and then there’s Western Michigan. The Broncos make up in offense
what they might lack everywhere else – a bevy of scorers who can get the
job done.

In exact contrast to the Northern Michigan Wildcats, the Broncos have
plenty of offensive punch and need some help on defense. If they had
Northern Michigan’s defense (or conversely if Northern Michigan had
their offense) somebody would be pretty hard to stop.

But, consider what Western Michigan has in the way of returnees and
you’ll be astounded.

For starters, four of their five leading scorers from last year’s squad
are back and all of them were in the top 50 in the league in overall
scoring. Out of that, WMU returns 17 letterwinners. Not too shabby.
The top scorer coming back into the league this season is senior forward
David Gove (18 goals, 28 assists, 46 points in 1999-2000 season). By
virtue of the top two scorers in the league last year leaving (Shawn
Horcoff, MSU and Mike Comrie, U-M) Gove is the key man and a big part of
the Broncos offensive machine.

Head coach Jim Culhane knows the Broncos firepower will continue into
this season.

“We got some timely goals last year no question and for that to continue
this year we need to improve upon our goals against and goals for this
year,” said Culhane, in his 3rd season at WMU.

Gove says the power play will be enhanced because of the offensive
potential.

“Our power play was very good last year and there’s no reason we can’t
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Espen Knutsen`s site www.espenknutsen.net is up and running. Created by Tom Mehlum I believe related to the Norwegian Ice Hockey League. Knutsen`s site features game articles etc… but the real question is …. will he last long enough in the NHL to stay online for some time? and will he pave the way for young Norwegian gunners Tore Vikingstad(ST.Louis/Leksand), Patrick Thoresen(Storhamar) and tough defender Anders Myrvold (Springfield-AHL) to follow his footsteps!

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Notebook — 11/16/2000

Utah Grizzlies Update

The Utah Grizzlies broke even this weekend. First, they smoked the Vipers
4-2 in Detroit on Friday, but the following evening maintained vanilla
status quo by falling to Grand Rapids by the identical score. It’s been a
break even road tour, and the Grizzlies have gone 3-3-0. But after Thursday’s
game at Milwaukee, the Grizzlies will finally head back home after their
weary road-trip still nursing a winning record (currently they are 8-6-0).
Once there, Utah will surely try to put more fuel in the gas tank and gear-up for a
tenacious home stand.

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It has been said that youth brings enthusiasm to a hockey team. While
this is true, youth cannot make up for experience. That’s something the
Northern Michigan University Wildcats lost a lot of after last season.
In fact, three of its five leading scorers from the 1999-2000
campaign-Roger Trudeau (17 goals, 8 assists, 25 points), Bryan Phillips
(6-14-20) and J.P. Vigier (9-11-20)-are no longer there.

Can the team be just as solid with the players they have coming back?
Head coach Rick Comley, one of the most honest coaches in college hockey
or any sport for that matter, is not sure experience equals solidity.
“I’m not so sure those two things go together,” says coach Comley, in
his 25th season with NMU and the only coach in their history. “There’s
no question with a senior goaltender and six returning defensemen that
we can be solid. The question is will we be?”

Indeed a very good question. Suppose one of those players goes down?
Suppose one of them isn’t performing up to their potential? What then?
That’s where, if your Northern Michigan, you hope that the experience
you gain from each game and each practice adds to the players
repertoires…in a hurry.

“It’s something we work on in practice, trying to give all of the
freshman and sophomores more opportunities, chances and ways to get
experience,” says NMU team captain and senior defenseman Mike Sandbeck.
“We have to keep everyone involved, because everyone has good days and
bad days. We have to keep everyone focused.”